VOA常速英语2008年-Traces of Drugs Found in US Drinking Water

By Carol Pearson Washington 11 March 2008 An Associated Press survey shows much of the drinking water in major American cities contains traces of prescription drugs. The news service reports that researchers are unsure of the risk to humans from deca

VOA常速英语2008年-US Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches With New La

By Brian Wagner Miami 11 March 2008 Space Shuttle Endeavour has launched on an ambitious mission to deliver a new science laboratory and robotic system to the International Space Station. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from Miami. The seven-person crew a

VOA常速英语2008年-South Korean Envoy Signals Shift in North Korea

By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 March 2008 South Korea President Lee Myung-bak's administration is calling for improvement in North Korea's human rights situation and pledging cooperation with the United Nations on the issue. The move is a departure from prev

VOA常速英语2008年-Obama Addresses Racial Divisiveness in Presiden

By Jim Malone Washington 18 March 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to defuse a brewing political controversy Tuesday when he condemned inflammatory statements made over the years by his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah W

VOA常速英语2008年-Whistleblower in Ethiopian Pedophilia Case Spar

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 07 March 2008 A British teacher in Ethiopia has been spared a jail sentence over defamatory comments she made in exposing pedophilia at a children's charity. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from the Ethiopian capital, Addis

VOA常速英语2008年-Comoros Government Claims Capture of Three Anjo

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 12 March 2008 The government of Comoros says its troops have captured three rebel soldiers during a brief incursion onto the breakaway island of Anjouan. The incident occurred as African Union troops are arriving for a poss

VOA常速英语2008年-US Middle East Commander to Retire

By Al Pessin Pentagon 11 March 2008 The senior U.S. military officer responsible managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and U.S. military engagement throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and East Africa, has decided to retire this month after

VOA常速英语2008年-US Reveals Capture of Another Senior al-Qaida O

By Al Pessin Pentagon 14 March 2008 The U.S. Defense Department announced Friday that it has taken custody of a senior al-Qaida official, who is now being held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon

VOA常速英语2008年-Popular Children's Book 'Horton Hears A Who!' H

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 14 March 2008 A beloved children's book first published 50 years ago has been made into a computer-animated feature film with the comic actors Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as the voices of the main characters. Alan Silverma

VOA常速英语2008年-OECD Downgrades US Economic Outlook

By Lisa Bryant Paris 20 March 2008 The Paris-based Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) published a grim assessment Thursday of the United States economy, saying it was close to recession. However, the OECDsuggested European e

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Administration Defends Economic Policy

By Paula Wolfson White House 16 March 2008 The Bush administration is defending its handling of the U.S. economy at a time of growing public unease. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports during a series of interviews on American television Treasury Secretary H

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Acknowledges Economic Woes, Expresses Opti

By Scott Stearns White House 14 March 2008 President Bush says he is confident that a series of tax rebates and business incentives will help ease the pain of a slowing U.S. economy. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. With the

VOA常速英语2008年-Economic Impact of Election Violence on Display

By Cathy Majtenyi Kisumu, Kenya 04 March 2008 In Kenya, post-election violence has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 600,000 others. The mayhem has had a major impact on the country's economy which has been one of Africa's strongest. Busine

VOA常速英语2008年-Annie Lennox Steps Up, Sings Out to Fight AIDS

By Mandy Clark London 19 March 2008 The global human rights organization, Amnesty International says that HIV and AIDS are devastating poor women and children in South Africa. In a report released in London, Amnesty says that poverty, gender inequali

VOA常速英语2008年-WHO Develops Long-Lasting, Low-Cost Meningitis

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 March 2008 With more than three months remaining in the peak meningitis season, outbreaks in Burkina Faso and Central African Republic have already taken hundreds of lives. But the World Health Organization says a new, low-c

VOA常速英语2008年-Brutality Behind Russian Prison Walls Exposed

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 10 March 2008 Disturbing video of sadistic prison brutality has emerged in Russia. Authorities there do not dispute the images, but claim they are from the early 1990s. Russian human-rights activists say the violence occurred

VOA常速英语2008年-Economic Rewards Obtain Better Results Than San

By Bill Rodgers Washington 10 March 2008 Policymakers often view economic sanctions as an attractive middle option between doing nothing, or intervening directly to change an intractable government's behavior. But sometimes providing the 'carrot' of

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Pays Tribute to Prominent Women

By Paula Wolfson White House 10 March 2008 President Bush presided at a White House ceremony Monday honoring women around the world who are fighting for freedom. VOA's Paula Wolfson has details . March is women's history month in the United States. A

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Celebrates Irish American Ties

By Paula Wolfson White House 17 March 2008 President Bush says the United States stands with the people of Northern Ireland as they build on the peace process that has ended decades of sectarian violence. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports he spoke at a Whi

VOA常速英语2008年-Missile Strike in Pakistan Destroys Suspected M

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 16 March 2008 A missile strike against a suspected militant hideout in a Pakistan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Sunday is said to have killed at least 18 people. From Islamabad, Ayaz Gul reports. The attack took place i